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His son Robert Shafto (1634-1705), was also a barrister and was appointed Recorder of Newcastle in 1660. He was knighted in 1670 and was appointed Sergeant at law in 1674. He married Catherine Widdrington. Their son Mark Shafto was High Sheriff of County Durham in 1709. Two of their sons represented Durham City in Parliament.
Bavington Hall. Bavington Hall is a 17th-century privately owned country house at Little Bavington in Northumberland.It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]A tower house (Little Bavington Tower) was recorded on the site in 1415, but this was replaced in the late 17th century by the Shafto family.
In 1652 Mark Shafto, Recorder of Newcastle, purchased the manor of Whitworth. His son Robert, knighted in 1670 was Recorder from 1660 and his grandson was High Sheriff of Durham in 1709. Two sons of Mark Shafto junior represented Durham City in Parliament: Robert Shafto 1712/3 and 1727/30 and John Shafto 1729-42.
Shafto was the eldest son of Mark Shafto of Whitworth and his wife Margaret Ingleby, daughter of Sir John Ingleby, 2nd Baronet of Ripley, Yorkshire. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford in 1708. [1] Shafto was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham at a by-election on 3 March 1712. On 10 April 1713 he was appointed ...
John Shafto (c. 1693 – 1742), of Whitworth Hall, County Durham, was a British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1730 to 1742. Whitworth Hall and deer park Shafto was the second son of Mark Shafto of Whitworth and his wife Margaret Ingleby, daughter of Sir William Ingleby, 2nd Baronet of Ripley, Yorkshire.
Eagle Point Township is one of twenty-four townships in Ogle County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 227 and it contained 106 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 227 and it contained 106 housing units.
Big Foot Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It was named a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 65. [3] It is located in Chemung Township. [4] Big Foot Prairie is located on U.S. Route 14, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Harvard.
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 13,761. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Nashville . [ 2 ]